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I ask that we put pressure on our dance studios in each community to reconsider/END having get together/parties at their studios that involve alcohol or any controlled substance with students. Especially students who are UNDER AGE not accompanied by a parental guardian. Although
I understand that these activities can be considered as fun and harmless. I know that this is normalized so we don’t think of it to be a bad thing.. BUT we are exposing adolescents to ADULT behavior WAY. TOO. SOON. Please, protect the future youth and generation of dancers.
A pattern I am finding in these stories being submitted is that sexual abuse and assault can happen at these types of occasions as well with older people preying one the young.
Studio owners: this isn’t about feeling guilty for what you’ve done in the past. It’s about
Studio owners: this isn’t about feeling guilty for what you’ve done in the past. It’s about
acknowledging it and now making the commitment to change and stop this once and for all. We can still have fun and have get togethers, but there is an appropriate time AND place for people of all ages.
